Forest Genetics & Regenerative Systems Manager
Green Diamond
California, USA
This role is "in person" with an office located in Humboldt County, Northern California
Who you are: You are a highly professional leader with even higher ethical standards that guide your work. You have 5 or more years’ experience and advanced knowledge of forest regeneration systems to include nursery production, clonal propagation, seed production, and tree improvement. In addition, you have the proven ability to be a leader to a strong team of professionals.
What the job is: As the Forest Genetics & Regenerative Systems Manager, you are responsible for providing strategic leadership and program management for the modernization and long-term sustainability of Green Diamond Resource Company’s forest regeneration systems within the California Timberlands. The incumbent leads the Company’s nursery production systems, tissue culture laboratory, seed production, and tree improvement programs to ensure reliable, high-quality, and cost-efficient production and deployment of genetically improved planting stock for future forests.
An example of your responsibilities:
- Provide leadership for modernization of the Company’s nursery production systems, tissue culture laboratory, seed production, and tree improvement programs.
- Develop and implement a multi-year strategic plan to ensure long-term sustainability of regeneration infrastructure and planting stock supply.
- Establish quality standards, evaluation protocols, and field-testing systems.
- Oversee long-term forest genetics and tree improvement strategies for coast redwood and Douglas-fir.
- Conduct economic evaluations and provide data-driven recommendations to executive leadership.
- Represent Green Diamond in regional and national forums.
Where you’ll work: The Green Diamond offices in California are in Humboldt County along the Northern California coast. Our offices are nestled in the redwood forest near the Pacific Ocean.
Compensation:
Annual Salary Range: $118,024 - $177,036 per year. The pay range listed is just one component of Green Diamond’s total compensation package. Other rewards include eligibility to receive a company-wide annual financial performance bonus, and the opportunity to receive an individual performance-based bonus, candidate referral bonuses, and spot bonuses.
In addition, Green Diamond offers a generous benefit package to include medical/vision and dental, life and disability insurance, 401(k) plan with match and profit sharing. Paid time off includes 9 designated and up to 2 personal holidays, 10 vacation days, 10 sick days, 30 days parental leave, 3 days bereavement, an extra 2 days bereavement unpaid, jury duty, 1 volunteer day, and 5 days family care. Also provided is a company vehicle for business use. More information about benefits can be viewed on our website: www.greendiamond.com/people/career-opportunities
Who Green Diamond is: We grow and nurture forests, a renewable resource to build homes, schools, and household necessities, harnessing carbon every single day we operate. We’re a 6th generation family-owned company that is guided by our values of environmental stewardship and supporting our local communities. We do what’s right, even when it is the harder path to follow. We focus on the health and safety of our people first – by taking care of all our resources, we plan to be here for another 135 years.

